NEWARK, NJ — Sharif Mitchell, 39, of Newark, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 11, for a shooting that occurred on Sunday, Nov. 6. At approximately 1 a.m., a 45-year-old male victim was closing a business located at 7th and Roseville avenues, when two males approached and attempted to snatch the keys to the establishment from […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose reports that students and school personnel at Camden Middle School, located at 321 Bergen Street, were under lockdown for several hours on Thursday, Nov. 10, due to a report of a student with a handgun at the school. Earlier this week, a group of students […]
NEWARK, NJ — Three loaded handguns were seized and three men arrested in separate incidents of illegal weapons possession on Monday, Nov. 7. Eugene Lespier, 19, of Belleville, was arrested in the 400-block of Parker Street, after police responded to a call for a vehicle blocking a driveway. Officers located the suspect inside the vehicle […]
NEWARK, NJ — Marc A. Peralta, 21, of West New York, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 4, for an aggravated assault stabbing of a police officer. At approximately 3:05 a.m., a 35-year old male police sergeant and a 31-year old female detective, both of the Newark Police Division’s Major Crimes Shooting Team, were returning from […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced the arrest of Lamar Jenkins, 33, of Irvington, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in connection with an aggravated assault shooting on Tuesday, Oct. 25. At approximately 2:15 p.m., a 36-year-old male victim was shot in the 600 block of South 20th Street. A silver vehicle […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark police reported to officials at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst the discovery of a military ordinance on Thursday, Sept. 22, at Sims Metal Management, a scrap metal business located at Richards Street and Raymond Boulevard. The ordinance, discovered at approximately 7 a.m. by workers, weighs more than 1,000 pounds and has been determined […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Fire Division responded to four fires on Thursday, Aug. 25, with six non-life threatening injuries sustained by fire personnel. At approximately 5:17 p.m., firefighters responded to a call at Welco Acetylene Corp., a one-story commercial building located at 321 Roanoke Ave, Newark. The fire was declared under control approximately 30 minutes later. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose is reporting two suspects were arrested for robbing a 43-year-old Somerset man on Sunday, July 24, in a continuing investigation. A group of men robbed the victim after he exited his car on North Munn Avenue on Sunday, July 24, shortly after 4 p.m. After the […]
NEWARK, NJ — According to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose, during the nights of friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, police have responded to citizen complaints by targeting individuals who engage in or watch street races on some of the industrial streets located in the city’s Ironbound section. Approximately 100 traffic summonses were issued, […]
NEWARK, NJ — According to Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose, on Sunday, June 19, the department’s helicopter helped members of the Special Enforcement Bureau arrest three suspects, confiscate two illegal motorcycles and issue 22 traffic tickets. In an effort to target individuals’ ridings illegal two- and four-wheeled off-road motorcycles and those engaged in other illegal […]